Submitted by Lucky Luc on Mon, 02/01/2016 - 3:08pm
There's a company in Saskatchewan that specialized in solar powered livestock waterers. Basically, theres two types of systems.
First one is a trenched water line into a vertical casing in the ground. The bottom of the casing is sealed and long enough to go below the frost line. There's a submersible pump wired to a controller and powered by solar panels. There's a motion switch to detect the presence of animals, this starts the pump and feeds the through built atop the casing. When the motion detector stops seeing animals, its cuts out the pump and the water flows back under the freezing point.
The other uses a insulated through and the turnover created by the animals drinking to ensure water doesn't freeze.
Much better description on the site. Will post pictures of ours at home. They run amazing and I live in Manitoba, Canada where weather gets really cold. We use this to keep the cows on pasture throughout winter in order to bale graze.
Submitted by Lucky Luc on Mon, 02/01/2016 - 3:07pm
There's a company in Saskatchewan that specialized in solar powered livestock waterers. Basically, theres two types of systems.
First one is a trenched water line into a vertical casing in the ground. The bottom of the casing is sealed and long enough to go below the frost line. There's a submersible pump wired to a controller and powered by solar panels. There's a motion switch to detect the presence of animals, this starts the pump and feeds the through built atop the casing. When the motion detector stops seeing animals, its cuts out the pump and the water flows back under the freezing point.
The other uses a insulated through and the turnover created by the animals drinking to ensure water doesn't freeze.
Much better description on the site. Will post pictures of ours at home. They run amazing and I live in Manitoba, Canada where weather gets really cold. We use this to keep the cows on pasture throughout winter in order to bale graze.
Submitted by Lucky Luc on Mon, 02/01/2016 - 3:07pm
There's a company in Saskatchewan that specialized in solar powered livestock waterers. Basically, theres two types of systems.
First one is a trenched water line into a vertical casing in the ground. The bottom of the casing is sealed and long enough to go below the frost line. There's a submersible pump wired to a controller and powered by solar panels. There's a motion switch to detect the presence of animals, this starts the pump and feeds the through built atop the casing. When the motion detector stops seeing animals, its cuts out the pump and the water flows back under the freezing point.
The other uses a insulated through and the turnover created by the animals drinking to ensure water doesn't freeze.
Much better description on the site. Will post pictures of ours at home. They run amazing and I live in Manitoba, Canada where weather gets really cold. We use this to keep the cows on pasture throughout winter in order to bale graze.
There's a company in Saskatchewan that specialized in solar powered livestock waterers. Basically, theres two types of systems.
First one is a trenched water line into a vertical casing in the ground. The bottom of the casing is sealed and long enough to go below the frost line. There's a submersible pump wired to a controller and powered by solar panels. There's a motion switch to detect the presence of animals, this starts the pump and feeds the through built atop the casing. When the motion detector stops seeing animals, its cuts out the pump and the water flows back under the freezing point.
The other uses a insulated through and the turnover created by the animals drinking to ensure water doesn't freeze.
www.kellnsolar.com
Much better description on the site. Will post pictures of ours at home. They run amazing and I live in Manitoba, Canada where weather gets really cold. We use this to keep the cows on pasture throughout winter in order to bale graze.
There's a company in Saskatchewan that specialized in solar powered livestock waterers. Basically, theres two types of systems.
First one is a trenched water line into a vertical casing in the ground. The bottom of the casing is sealed and long enough to go below the frost line. There's a submersible pump wired to a controller and powered by solar panels. There's a motion switch to detect the presence of animals, this starts the pump and feeds the through built atop the casing. When the motion detector stops seeing animals, its cuts out the pump and the water flows back under the freezing point.
The other uses a insulated through and the turnover created by the animals drinking to ensure water doesn't freeze.
www.kellnsolar.com
Much better description on the site. Will post pictures of ours at home. They run amazing and I live in Manitoba, Canada where weather gets really cold. We use this to keep the cows on pasture throughout winter in order to bale graze.
There's a company in Saskatchewan that specialized in solar powered livestock waterers. Basically, theres two types of systems.
First one is a trenched water line into a vertical casing in the ground. The bottom of the casing is sealed and long enough to go below the frost line. There's a submersible pump wired to a controller and powered by solar panels. There's a motion switch to detect the presence of animals, this starts the pump and feeds the through built atop the casing. When the motion detector stops seeing animals, its cuts out the pump and the water flows back under the freezing point.
The other uses a insulated through and the turnover created by the animals drinking to ensure water doesn't freeze.
www.kellnsolar.com
Much better description on the site. Will post pictures of ours at home. They run amazing and I live in Manitoba, Canada where weather gets really cold. We use this to keep the cows on pasture throughout winter in order to bale graze.